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Torch provides a new Catholic homily each week written specially for this web site by Dominican friars, and read by followers worldwide. Read more.
Blowin’ in the Wind
Second Sunday of Advent (A) | Fr Matthew Jarvis urges us not to underestimate the Holy Spirit but to follow
Lighting Candles in the Dark
First Sunday of Advent (A) | Fr Lawrence Lew looks at the Advent candle as a reminder of our baptismal
Kingly Power
Solemnity of Christ the Universal King (C) | Fr David McLean reflects on the Christ's kingship and the kingly power
Homily at the Requiem Mass of Fr John (Malachy) Clune O.P.
The Road to Emmaus: Luke 24:13–35 | Fr Robert Eccles preaches on the Friar Preacher's friendship with one another and
Never Growing Tired
Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr John Farrell reflects on the divine gift of Hope and the call
New Life
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) | Fr Aelred Connelly moves to a new Dominican community and reflects on how
Where Our True Happiness Lies
Solemnity of All Saints | Fr Dominic Ryan says the saints show us that true happiness is attainable, and we
The Mystery of Evil
Thirty-First Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr Aidan Nichols considers the way in which the faith of the Church resolves
Why Do We Pray?
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr Benjamin Earl shows how today’s scripture readings can help answer the question “why
The Friends of Lepers
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr Euan Marley focuses in on the real hero of the story of
Who Deserves the Praise?
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr Simon Francis Gaine asks if our good works are deserving of praise
An Antidote to Sin’s Narcotic Slumbers
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) | Fr Oliver James Keenan says that true religion is like Narcan, awakening us